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A British baker has created an incredible — and edible — replica of King Charles, but the sweet treat looks so life-like that it’s creepy.

Emma Jayne spent five days crafting the confection, which shows the monarch in the robe and crown he wore at his coronation back in May.

The dessert has no doubt spooked crowds at the Cake International event in Birmingham, England, where it will remain on display until tomorrow evening.

To construct the King’s crown, Jayne used Rice Krispies cereal, marshmallows and chocolate, according to The Mirror.

The ornamental headdress is embellished with 2,500 edible crystals made from tempered sugar isomalt and sugar paste.

Despite the crown’s intricacy, Jayne says the sovereign’s eyes were the hardest part of the cake to construct.


  Emma Jayne spent five days crafting the confection, which shows the monarch in the robe and crown he wore at his coronation back in May. SWNS Emma Jayne spent five days crafting the confection, which shows the monarch in the robe and crown he wore at his coronation back in May. SWNS

  To construct the King’s crown, Jayne used Rice Krispies cereal, marshmallows and chocolate. SWNS To construct the King’s crown, Jayne used Rice Krispies cereal, marshmallows and chocolate. SWNS

For the pupils, Jayne used modeling paste, paint and piping gel. She then popped the eyes in an air fryer to dehydrate for 24 hours, in order to dry out the gel.

Jayne admitted that the eyes were “the most time-consuming part” of the process, as well as the most difficult.

However, the incredible cake isn’t the first royal confection to hit headlines in recent years.

Back in 2021, a piece of cake of from Charles’s 1981 wedding to Princess Diana went up for auction.


  Jayne said Charles’ eyes were the hardest parts to construct. AP Jayne said Charles’ eyes were the hardest parts to construct. AP

  Charles became king upon the death of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth, in September 2022. WireImage Charles became king upon the death of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth, in September 2022. WireImage

The 28-ounce piece, which sold for about $700, came from one of the 27 wedding cakes baked for the July 29, 1981, nuptials. 

The iced cake had a white marzipan base and was decorated with a sugary facsimile of the royal coat of arms colored in gold, red, blue and silver.

Diana was married to Charles, from 1981 to 1996. The Princess of Wales died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 at the age of 36.

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